In New York, reform has been confined to a Low attempt
at government.
REFORMER One who, when he smells a rat, is eager to let the cat
out of the bag.
REGISTER The only autograph album which it costs you money to
write in.
REGRETS An excuse for non-attendance at a social function.
Occasionally, an expression of sorrow; usually, a paean of praise
at deliverance from evil.
RELATIONS A tedious pack of people who haven't the remotest
knowledge of how to live nor the smallest instinct about when to
die.
RELIGION A cloak used by some persons in this world who will be
warm enough without one in the next.
R. E. MORSE A veteran General who commands the largest army in the
world.
REPARTEE The sassy habit of talking back.
REPUTATION A personal possession, frequently not discovered until
lost.
RESIDENCE A rural locality inhabited annually--for a few hours--by
a rich New Yorker or Bostonian.
RESOLUTION A fragile bit of crockery fashioned on the first day of
January and usually broken on the second.
RESORT (SUMMER) A place where the tired grow more tired. From
Eng. rest, and Grk. orizo, to limit.
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